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How did the 2017 Minnesota Twins draft picks do?

By Benjamin Chase

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 17: Chief Baseball Officer Derek Falvey of the Minnesota Twins holds up a jersey with number one overall draft pick Royce Lewis and agent Scott Boras at a press conference on June 17, 2017 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 17: Chief Baseball Officer Derek Falvey of the Minnesota Twins holds up a jersey with number one overall draft pick Royce Lewis and agent Scott Boras at a press conference on June 17, 2017 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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Day 2 Draft Picks

The slight cash saved in the first few rounds really paid dividends with the first selection of the second day. Enlow was one of the guys strongly considered for the first round with his elite curveball and solid all-around pitching profile. Bechtold was one of the top junior college hitters available in the entire draft. De La Torre fit a profile that the Twins have used frequently in recent drafts, drafting Puerto Rican high school players and developing them in their system, with what’s become a very strong brotherhood up and down the minor league system of players from the island.

The Twins chose to get upside arms as their “signability” picks, and they already saw production from many of those arms working not just as backend starters, but excellent relievers or even mid-rotation starters.

3.1 (76th overall) – Blayne Enlow, RHP, Louisiana HS – GCL: 3-0, 6 G, 1 GS, 20 1/3 IP, 1.33 ERA, 0.69 WHIP, 4/19 BB/K.

4.1 (106) – Charlie Barnes, LHP, Clemson – Elizabethton: 2-1, 6 G, 5 GS, 22 2/3 IP, 1.19 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 10/23 BB/K; Cedar Rapids: 2-1, 6 G, 6 GS, 25 2/3 IP, 3.86 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 8/23 BB/K; Total: 4-2, 12 G, 11 GS, 48 1/3 IP, 2.61 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 18/46 BB/K.

5.1 (136) – Andrew Bechtold, 3B, Chipola College – Elizabethton: .299/.406/.424/.829, 33 R, 10 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 19 RBI, 27/40 BB/K.

6.1 (166) – Ricky De La Torre, SS, Puerto Rico HS – GCL: .268/.341/.359/.701, 25 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 5/6 SB, 16/39 BB/K.

7.1 (196) – Ryley Widell, LHP, Central Arizona College – Elizabethton: 0-2, 8 G, 7 GS, 29 2/3 IP, 2.43 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 20/41 BB/K.

8.1 (226) – Bryan Sammons, LHP, Western Carolina – Elizabethton: 2-0, 7 G, 3 GS, 24 2/3 IP, 1.46 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 7/31 BB/K; Cedar Rapids: 3-1, 6 G, 5 GS, 25 2/3 IP, 3.51 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 11/35 BB/K; Total: 5-1, 13 G, 8 GS, 50 1/3 IP, 2.50 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 18/66 BB/K.

9.1 (256) – Mark Contreras, OF, Cal-Riverside – Elizabethton: .275/.319/.421/.740, 27 R, 9 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 5/1 SB, 8/52 BB/K.

10.1 (286) – Calvin Faucher, RHP, Cal-Irvine – Elizabethton: 3-0, 5 G, 1 SV, 7 1/3 IP, 1.23 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 3/13 BB/K.

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